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Posted: Thursday, April 3, 2025
White waves of gypsum sand
Image taken:
02/16/2023
by: Julia Ricci
©
2023
10 km
5 mi
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Longitude: -106.386495
Latitude: 32.756025
(WGS 84 or NAD 83)
About this image
White Sands National Park, near Alamogordo, NM, has the largest gypsum dunefield in the world.
Camera Details
Panasonic DMC-FZ330 Exposure: 56.9 mm (35mm equiv: 316mm) f/2.8 1/200 sec ISO 100.
Image posted: 05-30-2023